Ethiopia, Egypt disagreement frustrates African search for Nile solution
A stalemate over the Nile waters has made it difficult to resolve a simmering dispute over the filling of the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD) in Ethiopia. PHOTO | FILE | NMG
The stalemate between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Nile waters has made it difficult to resolve a simmering dispute over a dam built by Addis Ababa.
Both countries have stuck to their “legal rights” in utilising the water; with Ethiopia citing sovereign right of utilising a river that originates from its soil and Egypt arguing that the flow of the Nile is its natural rightful source of water.
